सहायक

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहायक (sahāyaka), equivalent to सहाय (sahāy, “helping, helper”) +‎ -अक (-ak). Cognate with Marathi सहाय्यक (sahāyyak).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦɑː.jək/, [sɐ.ɦäː.jɐk]

सहायक • (sahāyak) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سَہایَک)

1. assisting, assistant

   Synonyms: सहायी (sahāyī), मददगार (madadgār)

   मैं एक समाचार-पत्र का सहायक संपादक हूँ।

   ma͠i ek samācār-patra kā sahāyak sampādak hū̃.

   I am an assistant editor of a newspaper.

2. auxiliary, supporting, lesser

सहायक • (sahāyak) m (feminine सहायिका)

1. assistant, an auxiliary
2. a tributary

   Synonym: उपनदी (upandī)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सहायक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 996